Sea Turtle Hatchlings 02, Time Lapse Speed x2

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Sea turtles can live long, a lifespan of 80 years is feasible. But it takes decades for sea turtles to reach sexual maturity. After mating at sea, adult female sea turtles return to land to nest mostly at night. females return to the beach where they hatched. This can take place every two to four years in maturity. Incubation takes about two months. The eggs in one nest hatch together over a very short period of time. When ready, hatchlings tear their shells apart with their snout and dig through the sand. This usually takes place at night. Once they reach the surface, they instinctively head towards the sea. If, as happens on rare occasions, hatching takes place during daylight, only a very small proportion of each hatch succeed, because local predators, such as pelicans, seagulls and other large birds, gorge on sea turtles hatchlings. Sea Turtles Hatchlings filmed by Heiko Kiera aka Ojatro in 2009.

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[cantmesswithgermany]

do all the turtles make it to the sea?

[ojatro]

@cantmesswithgermany No. Most of the hatchlings will be eaten by seabirds and other predators...

[DonKE3]

this is my favourite video ever! :)

[ojatro]

@DonKE3 Thank.

[LucentAMVs]

were you live at the scene watching this?

[ojatro]

@LucentAMVs Yes. Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to film the hatching scene.

[capuyoloco]

the beauty of nature

[MrProtuber]

@ojatro  tell them to wait till night..Is safer

[snakeboy63]

there so cute

[iToasterman]

@FadedSTEELERSfan Your comment is stupid too. Half the comments that make these videos popular on youtube are stupid

[FadedSTEELERSfan]

@iToasterman i'm not trying to censor , just more so 'filter' the stupid shit people think of when they see no one has said anything on a video

[iToasterman]

@FadedSTEELERSfan Your message is a better example. btw, this isnt ChinaTube - Censor yourself! it Youtube - Broadcast yourself. were allowed to say anything.

[FadedSTEELERSfan]

@iToasterman just saying i know youtube would be a better place if people though of something better to say

[iToasterman]

@FadedSTEELERSfan Did i say anyone cares in the first place? Nope. Am i retarded? nope. You're just raging.

[FadedSTEELERSfan]

@iToasterman and do you see how no one cares? or even bothers to acknowledge you ? instead of saying long live mexico or something meaningful like world peace for all , no you have to claim that you are first when you are not first , just the first to be retarded

[aykutmeGR]

Every time I ask myself if I would help the turtles when they would be attacked by birds. The birds need to eat and survive, it is natural, but a strange feeling. It would bereally a strange feeling to let them die/get eaten by birds.